Gleditsia Linnaeus 1753
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Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Caesalpiniaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Hueber 1983 and Liu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Caesalpinites, Caesalpinium, Cercidoxylon, Gleditsiophyllum, Hymenaea, Palaeocassia, Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites, Senna
Subtaxa: Gleditsia donensis Gleditsia triacanthos
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (5), Germany (1), Japan (3), Switzerland (3)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Idaho)
• Eocene of Japan (2), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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